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Humidity may be as important as temperature when it comes to air conditioning, Elizabeth Tracey reports

30 Jun 2025

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When it comes to managing with the dog days of summer, air conditioning is very helpful, especially for people with chronic lung problems. Johns Hopki...

If you don’t use AC properly you may make lung problems worse, Elizabeth Tracey reports

30 Jun 2025

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People with lung conditions like asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, abbreviated COPD, rely on air conditioning in the summer to help kee...

Proper AC maintenance is key to healthful use, Elizabeth Tracey reports

30 Jun 2025

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If you have any respiratory issues you likely benefit from air conditioning when the weather is hot. Lung health expert William Checkley at Johns Hopk...

Sometimes air conditioning can compromise your respiratory health, Elizabeth Tracey reports

30 Jun 2025

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For many people air conditioning is important for alleviating symptoms of chronic respiratory disease, but Johns Hopkins lung health expert William Ch...

While AC is great at making us feel comfortable it’s also important for health, Elizabeth Tracey reports

30 Jun 2025

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As the northern hemisphere enters full summer, many people shut their windows and turn on the air conditioning, or AC. William Checkley, a lung health...

Different types of tumors with a specific mutation may not need surgery, Elizabeth Tracey reports

23 Jun 2025

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Mismatch repair is just what it sounds like: when a cell divides and makes new DNA strands when a mistake is made it repairs them. Some types of cance...

Are there cancers where surgery may be entirely avoided? Elizabeth Tracey reports

23 Jun 2025

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Genetic analysis of most cancers is becoming more commonplace, and now identification of one specific mutation called a mismatch repair may allow peop...

Which types of cancer treatment are impacted by the gut microbiome? Elizabeth Tracey reports

23 Jun 2025

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More types of gut bacteria, or greater diversity, the healthier your microbiome. That’s one message of a recent review looking at the impact of micr...

If your gut microbiome isn’t healthy, is there anything that can be done about it? Elizabeth Tracey reports

23 Jun 2025

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A recent review in the Journal of the American Medical Association asserts that the diversity of bacteria in your colon impact on the likelihood that ...

Your gut microbiome may have much to do with how you respond to cancer therapy, Elizabeth Tracey reports

23 Jun 2025

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The wealth of bacteria resident on and in your body may have much to do with your overall health, including how you respond to different therapies for...

Who is suitable for a breathlessness clinic visit? Elizabeth Tracey reports

16 Jun 2025

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Breathlessness clinic is a new approach at Johns Hopkins to assist people with chronic lung diseases to live their best lives with these often debilit...

What is a breathlessness clinic? Elizabeth Tracey reports

16 Jun 2025

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Being short of breath is a terrible feeling, most people agree, and it’s a feature of many lung diseases, especially as they progress. Lung expert A...

What are current studies doing when high levels of blood biomarkers for Alzheimer’s are found? Elizabeth Tracey reports

16 Jun 2025

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High blood biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease found by the newly FDA approved blood test indicate the presence of two proteins in the brain called a...

What are your options if a new blood test says you are at risk for Alzheimer’s disease? Elizabeth Tracey reports

16 Jun 2025

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Let’s say you’ve taken the newly approved blood test for Alzheimer’s disease and the results indicate the presence of tau and amyloid in your br...

People who develop dementia as they age most often have a mixed type, Elizabeth Tracey reports

16 Jun 2025

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You may have heard of a new blood test for Alzheimer’s disease just approved by the FDA. Abhay Moghakar, a neurologist and blood biomarkers expert a...

A truly comprehensive test for Alzheimer’s disease may be on the horizon, Elizabeth Tracey reports

09 Jun 2025

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A new blood test for Alzheimer’s disease isn’t a stand alone diagnostic tool. That’s according to Abhay Moghekar, a blood biomarkers expert and ...

Biomarkers alone don’t mean Alzheimer’s disease is present, Elizabeth Tracey reports

09 Jun 2025

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Will an FDA cleared blood test for Alzheimer’s disease ease or complicate diagnosis? Clearly in approving the test the FDA hopes for the former, yet...

If you get a positive result on the new blood test for Alzheimer’s disease, what does that mean? Elizabeth Tracey reports

09 Jun 2025

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Positive results on the newly FDA cleared blood test for Alzheimer’s disease don’t necessarily mean you have the disease. That’s according to bl...

Who is a candidate for the new blood test for Alzheimer’s disease? Elizabeth Tracey reports

09 Jun 2025

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The FDA has just cleared a blood test to help make the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease, which otherwise may require some fairly invasive methods. B...

What’s the basis of the new blood test to screen for Alzheimer’s disease? Elizabeth Tracey reports

09 Jun 2025

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A blood test to screen for proteins related to Alzheimer’s disease has been cleared by the FDA, and it’s designed for people who are older than 55...

A protein that’s made in your brain at night helps you remember things, Elizabeth Tracey reports

02 Jun 2025

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NPTX2 is a protein that’s pivotal for helping your brain decide to remember certain things and forget others, and when levels of it decline it sugge...

How do neurodegenerative diseases begin? Elizabeth Tracey reports

02 Jun 2025

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Many theories on how brain disorders like Alzheimer’s disease begin point to proteins called amyloid beta and tau as accumulating and disrupting the...

A change in a protein in the brain signals possible neurocognitive disorders, Elizabeth Tracey reports

02 Jun 2025

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You probably know how complex your brain function is, relying on a delicately balanced system full of proteins that act as signals and specialized ner...

Accurately predicting who’s at risk to develop Alzheimer’s disease may now be easier, Elizabeth Tracey reports

02 Jun 2025

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NPTX2 is the abbreviation for a protein found in the brain that may allow much more accurate prognosis of who’s at risk for developing neurocognitiv...

What can proteins in the blood and elsewhere teach us about developing dementia? Elizabeth Tracey reports

02 Jun 2025

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Proteins known as tau and beta amyloid have been part of the dialogue on Alzheimer’s disease development for many years, with methods to measure the...

Sickle cell disease should be treated with a half-matched donor approach, Elizabeth Tracey reports

27 May 2025

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Sickle cell disease was thought to be cured using gene therapy, but longer term follow up reveals that while the condition improves many are not cured...

Gene therapy for sickle cell disease often isn’t a cure, Elizabeth Tracey reports

27 May 2025

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Gene therapy for sickle cell disease has a breathtaking price tag of 2-3 million dollars per person, and for some people who receive it, is doesn’t ...

A new technique is better than gene therapy for curing sickle cell disease, Elizabeth Tracey reports

27 May 2025

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Headlines have announced that sickle cell disease can be cured with gene therapy. Now there’s a better way developed at Johns Hopkins and other cent...

A new technique cures most people with sickle cell disease, Elizabeth Tracey reports

27 May 2025

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Bone marrow transplants used to be limited to just those people with sickle cell disease who could receive bone marrow from a matched donor. Rick Jone...

What’s the best way to cure sickle cell disease? Elizabeth Tracey reports

27 May 2025

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Sickle cell disease is a genetic abnormality that causes red blood cells to sickle instead of being round, and a host of problems result, including ex...

Breast cancer survival rates have stalled, Elizabeth Tracey reports

19 May 2025

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Improvements in breast cancer detection and treatment have resulted in improved survival, but now those improvements seem to have stalled, a new analy...

Possible impacts of new cancer drugs need to be cataloged, Elizabeth Tracey reports

19 May 2025

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Immune checkpoint inhibitors are cancer drugs that for many have been a lifeline. Yet they are associated with a range of reactions that really need t...

How might microplastics be related to cancer risk? Elizabeth Tracey reports

19 May 2025

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Microplastics you’ve inhaled and eaten are found all over your body, a recent study shows, and while no one knows exactly how they’re impacting yo...

Your body has microplastics in many places, Elizabeth Tracey reports

19 May 2025

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Microplastics are formed from the breakdown of plastics in the environment, and they’ve now been found in many places in the human body, a new study...

There are things you can do to help protect your respiratory health even with dryer air and poor air quality, Elizabeth Tracey reports

19 May 2025

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Breathing through your mouth makes health issues from dryer air even worse, says David Edwards, a respiratory health expert at Johns Hopkins. His rece...

How is poor air quality related to dry air and respiratory health? Elizabeth Tracey reports

12 May 2025

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Very tiny particles known as PM2.5 are a part of pollutants in the air, and have been shown to negatively affect health. Ditto for warming temperature...

Does dry air contribute to more respiratory infections? Elizabeth Tracey reports

12 May 2025

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Dry air just isn’t good for your respiratory health, new research by David Edwards, a respiratory health expert at Johns Hopkins, has shown. Dry air...

How are dry air and respiratory disease connected? Elizabeth Tracey reports

12 May 2025

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When you’re in an environment where the air is dry, a whole cascade of responses renders you more susceptible to respiratory conditions and diseases...

Dry airways and inflammation are linked, Elizabeth Tracey reports

12 May 2025

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As our planet warms, relative humidity hasn’t changed much but evaporation rate has increased, so things are dryer. This is a prescription for incre...

What are increasing global temperatures doing to your airways? Elizabeth Tracey reports

12 May 2025

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Climate change and increasing temperatures are already taking a toll on your health, research by David Edwards, a respiratory health expert at Johns H...

How is the decision on how long to continue life sustaining treatment made? Elizabeth Tracey reports

10 Apr 2025

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Findings on a routine EEG called sleep spindles may be helpful in determining if a nonresponsive person who’s had a brain injury will recover, a new...

Is two weeks long enough to determine if someone will recover consciousness? Elizabeth Tracey reports

10 Apr 2025

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If someone has suffered a brain injury and is on life support, determining when to cease that treatment is challenging if they haven’t recovered con...

How long should someone remain on life support? Elizabeth Tracey reports

10 Apr 2025

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Deciding when to stop life sustaining treatment for someone who’s unconscious after brain injury may be easier now that a new study identifies sleep...

Sleep spindles may help discern who may regain consciousness, Elizabeth Tracey reports

10 Apr 2025

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Something called sleep spindles are spikes that show up in an electroencephalogram, or EEG, and may help predict whether someone  who’s ha...

It’s always a challenge when someone is unresponsive to determine how active their brain is, Elizabeth Tracey reports

10 Apr 2025

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When a patient is not responsive following a traumatic brain injury it is very difficult to tell when or if they’ll recover. A recent study may help...

The shingles vaccine is on the do not miss list, Elizabeth Tracey reports

31 Mar 2025

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Shingles is a skin infection that results from reactivation of the virus that causes chicken pox. It can occur in areas like the eye where it may comp...

Vaccines against human papilloma virus reduce cancers, Elizabeth Tracey reports

31 Mar 2025

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Vaccines against human papilloma virus or HPV have been shown to dramatically reduce the rates of cervical cancer among recipients, data over decades ...

After billions of doses, mRNA vaccines have demonstrated their safety, Elizabeth Tracey reports

31 Mar 2025

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Among the many advances seen while Covid was rampant, mRNA vaccines stand out. That’s according to Anna Durbin, a vaccine expert at Johns Hopkins. D...

Why are mRNA vaccines effective? Elizabeth Tracey reports

31 Mar 2025

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The technology that produced the vaccines against Covid relies on a type of RNA known as messenger RNA. Johns Hopkins vaccine expert Anna Durbin expla...

What is RNA and how is it used in vaccines? Elizabeth Tracey reports

31 Mar 2025

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RNA stands for ribonucleic acid, and since the development of Covid vaccines a class of it known as ‘messenger RNA’ or mRNA for short has been muc...

Should you get more than one vaccine at a time? Elizabeth Tracey reports

31 Mar 2025

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It’s probably not high on your fun list to go and get vaccinated, so can more than one vaccine be given at a time so you can minimize the number of ...

If you are allergic to eggs should you avoid flu vaccines? Elizabeth Tracey reports

31 Mar 2025

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The majority of flu vaccines are grown in eggs, so people with egg allergies would avoid them. Johns Hopkins vaccine expert Anna Durbin says that land...

Why might you get an illness even when you’ve been vaccinated? Elizabeth Tracey reports

31 Mar 2025

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You probably know people who got the Covid vaccines but still got the illness, sometimes multiple times. Ditto for flu vaccines. Before you simply cho...

Why is the flu vaccine sometimes more effective than other times? Elizabeth Tracey reports

31 Mar 2025

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You may recall hearing that this year’s flu vaccine was 40-60% effective against the flu. Why isn’t it more effective? Anna Durbin, a vaccine expe...

Who shouldn’t take a live vaccine? Elizabeth Tracey reports

31 Mar 2025

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Vaccines are public health success stories, with the most effective ones often what’s called ‘live attenuated,’ meaning they do replicate in our...

How should you create a sleep routine? Elizabeth Tracey reports

17 Mar 2025

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One way to avoid the reported epidemic of insomnia is to create a routine you follow before you go to bed, resetting your brain to prepare for sleep. ...

What can you do to protect yourself from developing insomnia? Elizabeth Tracey reports

17 Mar 2025

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Insomnia appears to be epidemic in the US in some studies, with additional data suggesting the problem is growing. Johns Hopkins sleep expert Charlene...

Could your electronic devices mislead you into thinking you have insomnia? Elizabeth Tracey reports

17 Mar 2025

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Apple watches and other electronic self-monitoring tools may up the risk that you might think you have insomnia when you don’t. That’s according t...

What questions should you ask yourself if you suspect you may have insomnia? Elizabeth Tracey reports

17 Mar 2025

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Everyone has trouble at times falling asleep or staying asleep, but when does that become the diagnosis of insomnia, and when should you seek help? Sl...

When should you be concerned that you may have a sleep problem? Elizabeth Tracey reports

17 Mar 2025

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When you experience interrupted sleep it can quickly progress to feeling exhausted, but when should you consult a physician about it? Sleep expert Cha...

Should sleep be assessed just like blood pressure or vision? Elizabeth Tracey reports

17 Mar 2025

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Good quality, regular sleep is vital to your health, with many studies finding that when it’s not you are at higher risk for a range of health conse...

Solving sleep problems starts with an assessment, Elizabeth Tracey reports.

17 Mar 2025

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Many millions of people worldwide complain of insomnia, putting them at risk for poor health outcomes. Charlene Gamaldo, a sleep expert at Johns Hopki...

How might compromised sleep put one at risk for poorer health outcomes? Elizabeth Tracey reports

17 Mar 2025

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While it’s been observed that disease and poor sleep seem to sort together, ongoing research is looking into the why of it. Johns Hopkins sleep expe...

Is compromised sleep related to the development of cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports

17 Mar 2025

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If your sleep is chronically interrupted or too long or short in duration, you may be at increased risk for some types of cancer, research suggests. S...

Increasingly sleep is recognized as a modifiable risk factor for disease, Elizabeth Tracey reports

17 Mar 2025

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Sleep is increasingly being recognized as important in human maladies. Charlene Gamaldo, a sleep expert at Johns Hopkins, says sleep quality is import...

Does blood in your urine mean you have cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports

03 Mar 2025

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Blood in your urine, so-called hematuria, is fairly common, with a new genetic test being studied to rule out bladder cancer as a cause. William Nelso...

Can a genetic test spot bladder cancer in people who have blood in their urine? Elizabeth Tracey reports

03 Mar 2025

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Blood in your urine is definitely a reason to seek medical attention, and for many people cancer is a top concern. Now a new genetic test that can spo...

Are there advantages to receiving chemotherapy for cancer before surgery? Elizabeth Tracey reports

03 Mar 2025

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Neoadjuvant chemotherapy translates to chemotherapy for cancer before surgery, with a recent study demonstrating its benefit for people with esophagus...

What is the best way to treat esophageal cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports

03 Mar 2025

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Cancer of the esophagus is a tough cancer to treat, and more people worldwide are developing it. A recent study compares one regimen giving chemothera...

Is it possible to catch nerve pain early in cancer treatment and minimize it? Elizabeth Tracey reports

03 Mar 2025

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Pain in nerves, called neuropathy, is more common when a couple types of cancer drugs are used or when someone has lung cancer versus other types of c...

Can painful nerve pain following cancer therapy be avoided? Elizabeth Tracey reports

03 Mar 2025

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Neuropathy, or painful nerves, are seen in more than 40% of people who’ve been treated for cancer, a recent study reports. Kimmel Cancer Center dire...

How often does someone who’s been treated for cancer experience nerve pain? Elizabeth Tracey reports

03 Mar 2025

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Nerve pain, or neuropathy, can be a big problem for some people who’ve been treated for cancer, with a new study showing just how big a problem it i...

How does reporting symptoms impact cancer care for patients? Elizabeth Tracey reports

03 Mar 2025

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A greater sense of control, feeling in partnership with their care team, and not finding reporting symptoms burdensome are just a few of the outcomes ...

Is it helpful for people with advanced cancer to report their symptoms regularly? Elizabeth Tracey reports

03 Mar 2025

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Imagine you have advanced cancer and your doctor asks you to report your symptoms electronically, so that intervention is possible before things like ...

Patients with advanced cancer can help in their own care, Elizabeth Tracey reports

03 Mar 2025

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Helping people with advanced cancer is facilitated by having them fill out symptom questionnaires for their medical team, who can then intervene promp...

Physical activity is beneficial for people with Parkinson’s disease, Elizabeth Tracey reports

17 Feb 2025

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If you’ve just learned that you have Parkinson’s disease and you’re not already a physically active person, you might want to take up a few form...

Diet can help in those who already have Parkinson’s disease, Elizabeth Tracey reports

17 Feb 2025

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Once someone receives a diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease, there are things they can do themselves that are likely to be beneficial. Johns Hopkins ne...

You can lower your risk for developing Parkinson’s disease, Elizabeth Tracey reports

17 Feb 2025

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The majority of cases of Parkinson’s disease aren’t related to genetics, research shows, while some environmental exposures increase your risk to ...

Environmental exposures are linked to Parkinson’s disease, Elizabeth Tracey reports

17 Feb 2025

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Specific pesticides as well as other chemicals increase one’s risk for developing Parkinson’s disease, research shows. Liana Rosenthal, a neurolog...

Where in the world are Parkinson’s disease cases most common? Elizabeth Tracey reports

17 Feb 2025

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More and more people around the world are being affected by Parkinson’s disease, a common condition often showing up first as a movement disorder. L...

How big a role does genetics play in the development of Parkinson’s disease? Elizabeth Tracey reports

17 Feb 2025

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The aberrant protein alpha synuclein is known to be involved in the development of Parkinson’s disease, but how and why this abnormal form develops ...

How do abnormal proteins get into the brain in Parkinson’s disease? Elizabeth Tracey reports

17 Feb 2025

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Abundant evidence points to a protein called alpha synuclein in causing the range of symptoms seen in Parkinson’s disease, with the condition progre...

What exactly is happening in the brain of someone with Parkinson’s disease? Elizabeth Tracey reports

17 Feb 2025

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By the time someone with Parkinson’s disease, or PD, has hand tremors, the process of developing the condition is well underway in parts of their br...

More and more people worldwide are developing Parkinson’s disease, Elizabeth Tracey reports

17 Feb 2025

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Just a few decades ago data from the Global Burden of Disease study reported about half a million people with Parkinson’s disease, with its characte...

Parkinson’s disease is a very common movement disorder, Elizabeth Tracey reports

17 Feb 2025

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Parkinson’s disease is common, and becoming even more so, recent data indicate. Liana Rosenthal, a neurologist at Johns Hopkins, says most people re...

What does ‘knee replacement’ really mean? Elizabeth Tracey reports

10 Feb 2025

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Weight loss, NSAIDs, physical therapy, you’ve done it all and your knees are even more painful. Stefan Coombs, an orthopedic surgeon at Johns Hopkin...

What is the role of knee injections in managing knee osteoarthritis? Elizabeth Tracey reports

10 Feb 2025

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Injections of steroids into the knee has been a mainstay of management for knee osteoarthritis, and there’s a new kid on the block with hyaluronic a...

Physical therapy is a cornerstone of management for knee osteoarthritis, Elizabeth Tracey reports

10 Feb 2025

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Knee replacement is the last stop when it comes to managing knee osteoarthritis, says Stefan Coombs, an orthopedic surgeon at Johns Hopkins. Physical ...

If you have knee osteoarthritis, where should management begin? Elizabeth Tracey reports

10 Feb 2025

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Let’s say you’ve been diagnosed with osteoarthritis of the knee. Stefan Coombs, an orthopedic surgeon at Johns Hopkins, says management should alw...

If you have pain in your knees, is it always arthritis? Elizabeth Tracey reports

10 Feb 2025

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Knee osteoarthritis is the most common cause of disability in adults in the US, recent data indicate, and the problem is growing. Yet Stefan Coombs, a...

Known risk factors that are under your control can help you avoid knee osteoarthritis, Elizabeth Tracey reports

03 Feb 2025

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Are you at risk to develop knee osteoarthritis? Stefan Coombs, an orthopedic surgeon at Johns Hopkins, says the answer may be yes if you are older, ov...

What makes someone more susceptible to knee osteoarthritis? Elizabeth Tracey reports

03 Feb 2025

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The number one cause of adult disability in the US is knee osteoarthritis, recent data indicate. According to Stefan Coombs, an orthopedic surgeon at ...

Why are there so many people complaining of knee pain? Elizabeth Tracey reports

03 Feb 2025

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If you think everyone you know is considering a knee replacement because of painful knees, you’re not wrong. Johns Hopkins orthopedic surgeon Stefan...

What is happening in the body with knee osteoarthritis? Elizabeth Tracey reports

03 Feb 2025

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Seems like everyone complains of arthritis in their knees, especially as they age. And that’s no surprise, says Stefan Coombs, an orthopedic surgeon...

What can a precancerous condition teach us about clearing mutations? Elizabeth Tracey reports

03 Feb 2025

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A precancerous condition of the bone marrow called myelofibrosis is usually treated with bone marrow transplantation. Now a new study shows that looki...

When prostate cancer returns a nuclear medicine scan can help, Elizabeth Tracey reports

26 Jan 2025

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Prostate specific membrane antigen or PSMA PET scanning is very accurate at detecting and visualizing prostate cancer throughout the body. Now a study...

Can a new tool help determine which cancer treatments might help you? Elizabeth Tracey reports

26 Jan 2025

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For many people with cancer drugs called immune checkpoint inhibitors have proven to be lifesavers. Yet as with all drugs they come with side effects,...

Elizabeth Tracey reports

26 Jan 2025

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In spite of the outgoing Surgeon General’s assertions, some people aren’t buying a relationship between alcohol consumption and cancer. Kimmel Can...

What does the science tell us about alcohol consumption and cancer risk? Elizabeth Tracey reports

26 Jan 2025

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Outgoing Surgeon General Vivek Murthy says alcohol packaged for consumption should bear a warning label about increased risk for cancer. Johns Hopkins...

Should you give up alcohol to reduce your cancer risk? Elizabeth Tracey reports

26 Jan 2025

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Alcohol for consumption should come with a warning label about cancer risk, outgoing Surgeon General Vivek Murthy asserts. William Nelson, director of...